The AAP Section on Medical Students, Residents, and Fellowship Trainees has held an annual “Clinical Case Competition” since 2003. Residents and medical students can submit abstracts of interesting cases they have come across in their training through the Academy's online abstract submission process. The abstracts are judged by a committee of resident leaders, and the top ten authors are invited to present their case in poster format at the Medical Student and Resident Poster Reception at the NCE. In addition, they are awarded free one-day NCE registration. The first place winner is determined by the Editor-in-Chief of Pediatrics in Review (PIR) before the NCE based on the abstract alone. The Editor-in-Chief will announce the winner at the poster reception and will publish the case in PIR as an Index of Suspicion article the following September.

So residents, please keep your eyes open for unusual diseases or common diseases presenting in an unusual fashion. Attending's should encourage their residents to participate in this fun and educational program. And everyone, please support the winners by attending the annual poster session held Friday night at the NCE.

Past Resident Winners of the Clinical Case Program
(Pediatrics in Review Index of Suspicion Winners)

2003 Index of Suspicion Winner: (Case 3)Acute Altered Mental Status in an Adolescent Male. Mani M. Molkalla MD, Swati Agarwal and Michael Bressack, Pediatrics, Luclie Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA and Pediatrics, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA

2004 Index of Suspicion Winner: (Case 3) Intentional Ethylene Glycol Poisoning of an Infant Mimicking an Inborn Error of Metabolism. Allison Brachlow MD, Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA

2005 Index of Suspicion Winner: (Case 2) A Child with Swollen Eyes - A Mystery Unraveled. D Ghosh MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

2006 Index of Suspicion Winner: Post-Infectious Torticollis Associated with Atlantoaxial Subluxation: A Case Report. Lainie K Holman, MD, Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati, OH.

2007 Index of Suspicion Winner: An InfantWith Tachypnea. Lauri E. Blanch, MD, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.

2008 Index of Suspicion Winner: Metabolic Acidosis in an 11-Year-Old Male With a Chronic History of Fatigue, Vomiting, and Croup-like Episodes. Sarah Tyler, MD and Katie E. McPeak, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.